Thousands more students returned to class amid myriad pandemic precautions touching nearly every aspect of school from the lunch room to the playground, with officials stressing Tuesday the need for vigilance as school-linked cases of COVID-19 continued to emerge.
The staggered start opened doors to elementary and high school students in six provinces, but confidence in the new requirements was especially tested in Ottawa where officials told 193 students and seven staff to stay home after linking them to COVID-19 infections.
